Ukraine's population may drop to 23 million people," Shushpanov, head of the department at the Institute of Demography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
According to him, the population is decreasing rapidly not only due to immigration, but also due to natural decline.
At the same time, the age structure in the company varies: the proportion of citizens over the age of 60 rose from 24.5% to nearly 30%, while some of the children fell from 18% to 14%.